Practical loom fixing by Nelson Thomas b. 1872

Author:Nelson, Thomas, b. 1872
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Looms
Publisher: [Charlotte, N.C., Ray Printing Co.]
Published: 1917-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Practical Loom Fixing

CHAPTER XVI

Automatic or Labor Saving Looms

The automatic loom has been the means of saving much labor in the weave room. In general, there are two kinds of automatic looms in use. One is a bobbin changer, and the other a shuttile changer. The bobbin changing loom changes the bobbin while loom is in motion. The shuttle changing loom stops for a few picks while the shuttles are being changed. One shuttle is used continuously in the bobbin changing loom, but in the

Figure 34

shuttle changing loom about nine shuttles can be used, eight being held in a magazine while the other shuttle is running in loom.

The automatic motion is an addition to a regular loom and the construction of loom and fixing points, as given previously, are as applicable to automatic looms as to ordinary looms. The only part of the looms

that need consideration now is the automatic feature.

The Stafford Shuttle Changing Loom

Figs. 34 and 35 show the working parts of the Stafford loom. In Fig. 34 K is a bevel gear on friction pulley. This gear drives shaft I through bevel gear J, the shaft carrying on its opposite end a worm gear H. The

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